Bernard Benson
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Bernard Benson, Ph.D

Data Scientist / ML Engineer - McLeod Software

Birmingham, AL

bernardbenson.dl@gmail.com

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About

I am a Data Scientist / ML Engineer at McLeod Software with over five years of academic research and applied ML experience.


Research Interests

Image Processing

Signal Processing

Machine Learning

Deep Neural Networks

Solar Physics

Space Weather

Transportation

Operations Research



Publications

· T. Singh, B. Benson, S. Raza, T. Kim, N. Pogorelov, W.P. Smith, C.N. Arge “Improving the Arrival Time Estimates of Coronal Mass Ejections by Using Magnetohydrodynamic Ensemble Modeling, Heliospheric Imager data, and Machine Learning”, Astro Physical Journal (ApJ), February. 2023. (Link)

· R. Hooda, W. D. Pan and B. Benson, “Transform Decomposition Switching for Efficient Attribute Compression of 3D Point Clouds Using Neural Networks”, in Proc. of 2022 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence (CSCI'22), Las Vegas, NV, Dec. 2022. (Link) (Slides)

· T. Singh, B. Benson, S. Raza, T. Kim, N. Pogorelov, “Improving the Arrival Time Prediction of Coronal Mass Ejections using Magnetohydrodynamic Ensemble Modeling, Heliospheric Imager data and Machine Learning”, in Proc. of 2022 EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts (EGU'22), Vienna, Austria, May. 2022. (Link)

· B. Benson, E. Brown, S. Bonasera, G. Acciarini, J. A. Pérez-Hernández, E. Sutton, M. K. Jah, C. P. Bridges, M. Jin and A. G. Baydin “Simultaneous Multivariate Forecast of Space WeatherIndices using Deep Neural Network Ensembles,” in Proc. of Fourth Workshop on Machine Learning and the Physical Sciences (NeurIPS 2021), Vancouver, CA, Dec. 2021. (Link)

· E. Brown, S. Bonasera, B. Benson, J. A. Pérez-Hernández, G. Acciarini, A. G. Baydin, C. P. Bridges, M. Jin, E. Sutton and M. K. Jah, “Learning the solar latent space: sigma-variationalautoencoders for multiple channel solar imaging,” in Proc. of Fourth Workshop on Machine Learning and the Physical Sciences (NeurIPS 2021), Vancouver, CA, Dec. 2021. (Link)

· S. Bonasera, G. Acciarini, J. A. Pérez-Hernández, B. Benson, E. Brown, E. Sutton, M. K. Jah, C. P. Bridges and A. G. Baydin “Dropout and Ensemble Networksfor Thermospheric Density Uncertainty Estimation,” in Proc. of Bayesian Deep Learning Workshop (NeurIPS 2021), Vancouver, CA, Dec. 2021. (Link)

· B. Benson, W. D. Pan, A. Prasad, G. A. Gary, and Q. Hu,“On the Estimation of the SHARP Parameter MEANALP from AIA Images Using Deep Neural Networks,” Solar Physics, vol. 296. no. 163, Nov 2021. (Springer Nature SharedIt Link)

· B. Benson, W. D. Pan, A. Prasad, G. A. Gary, and Q. Hu,“Forecasting Solar Cycle 25 Using Deep Neural Networks,” Solar Physics, vol. 295. no. 65, May 2020. (Springer Nature SharedIt Link)

· B. Benson, W. D. Pan, A. Prasad, G. A. Gary, and Q. Hu,“Determining the Parameter for the Linear Force-Free Magnetic Field Model with Multi-Dipolar Configurations Using Deep Neural Networks,” In Proc. of Machine Learning in Heliophysics, Amsterdam, September 2019. (Poster)

· B. Benson, W. D. Pan, G. A. Gary, Q. Hu, and T. Staudinger, “Determining the Parameter for the Linear Force-Free Magnetic Field Model with Multi-Dipolar Configurations Using Deep Neural Networks,”Astronomy and Computing (an Elsevier Journal), vol. 26, January 2019, pp. 50 - 60. (Link)

· B. Benson, Z. Jiang, W. D. Pan, G. A. Gary, Q. Hu, “Determination of Linear Force-Free Magnetic Field Constant Alpha Using Deep Learning,” in Proc. of 2017 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence (CSCI'17), Las Vegas, NV, Dec. 2017. (Link) (Slides)


Work Experience

Data Scientist / Machine Learning Engineer - McLeod Software, Birmingham, AL
Aug 2021 - Present

Applied ML Researcher - NASA Frontier Development Lab
Jun 2021 - Aug 2021

Graduate Teaching Assistant
August 2016 - May 2021

CPE 211L: Introduction to Computer Programming in Engineering

EE 316: Electrical Circuits and Electronics Design Lab


RF Engineer - Nexgen Wireless, PCTEL, GTA
Mar 2013 - Mar 2016

RF Optimization and Design Engineer for Sprint 4G LTE Networks


Education

The University of Alabama in Huntsville
2016 - 2021

Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering


The University of Alabama in Huntsville

Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering


Geethanjali College of Engineering and Technology (JNTU)

Bachelor of Technology in Electrical and Electronics Engineering